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Al Qaeda Fighters Skip Tora Bora
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Mass-Terror
Alerts Peak in US, Europe and Israel
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US
Prepares to Take on Iraq
Al Qaeda Fighters Skip Tora Bora – No Sign of Bin Laden
DEBKAfile’s
military sources report that over the last 48 hours, most of the
al Qaeda fighters holed up in the caves of the Tora Bora mountains
were able to creep past the siege thrown round the area by US-backed
local Pashtun tribesmen, known as the Eastern Front, and make their
way into Pakistan.
The
last al Qaeda, an estimated 600 men, were ordered to get out of
the Tora Bora area of east Pakistan Saturday, December 15. By the
end of the day, less than half remained. Their last battle therefore
was not for the purpose of defending bin Laden and top al Qaeda
commanders, as widely reported.
DEBKAfile’s
intelligence and military sources have repeatedly reported that
Osama bin Laden and senior commanders were gone before the assault
on Tora Bora began.
Mass-Terror
Alerts Peak in US, Europe and Israel
New
York September 11
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With
the approaching end of Ramadan – marked Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday by the Eid el Fitr celebrations - and the Christmas-New
Year break, counter-terror authorities in the US, Britain, Canada,
Germany and Israel have raised the alert level for major terrorist
hits.
They
are taking into account the possibility of nuclear, chemical and
biological strikes, as well as conventional multiple strikes, mainly
in the big towns. London is considered a major target, as well as
other British cities.
The
United States and Israel have urgently warned the German government
to prepare for attacks on transport facilities – international
airports, seaports, railways and major motorway hubs.
US
Prepares to Take on Iraq
DEBKAfile’s
military sources report key American military movements in the last
two weeks in the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and Middle East that
radically shift the strategic focus of the US war on terror westward,
bringing Iraq, Lebanon and its Syrian-controlled Beqaa Valley into
range.
The
US aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk is heading out of the Arabian Sea,
its task in Afghanistan as a floating command center for air and
marine forces passing to Kuwait and combining with the Third Army
command that is moving out of Atlanta, Georgia.
The
70,000-strong US Third Army is being transferred to Kuwait with
several hundred Abrams and Bradley tanks. This relocation of strength
ought to be wound up in early January.
Third
Army units will be taking up positions at additional points in the
Middle East. Elements of its elite 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions
will be posted in US bases in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, centering
on the giant Sharm el-Sheikh air base at the southern tip of Sinai,
with the northern Red Sea, western Saudi Arabia and southern Jordan
in its sights. Reserves of those two Third Army divisions are on
notice to report after New Year’s Day for duty in Sharm el-Sheikh.
The
action is tentatively scheduled for mid-January.
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multilingual electronic Israeli
newsletter that goes behind current events. DEBKA
predicted Al Gore’s choice of Joseph Lieberman as his running
mate and pinpointed US preparations for a possible Iraqi October
Flare-up well in advance. DEBKA
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